US PATENT SUBCLASS 536 / 16.8
.~.~.~ Antibiotics

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536 /   HD   ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -- PART OF THE CLASS 532-570 SERIES

*  DD  ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (Class 532, Subclass 1) {1}
1.11  DF  .~ Carbohydrates or derivatives {15}
4.1  DF  .~.~ O- or S- Glycosides {29}
16.8.~.~.~ Antibiotics {1}
16.9  DF  .~.~.~.~> Purification or recovery

DEFINITION

Classification: 536/16.8

Antibiotics:

(under subclass 4.1) Compounds which have the capacity to inhibit the growth of or destroy micro-organisms and are generally emplyed to kill disease in aperson or animal.

(1) Note. Anibiotics are generally produced by a bacterium or fungus, however, such processes are not provided for herein.

(2) Note. The compound may be antibacterial or antifungal.

(3) Note. This subclass provides for antibiotics which are not provided for in specific antibiotic subclasses above.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

435, Chemistry: Molecular Biology And Microbiology, for processes of making antibiotics by cultivating micro-oganisms.